France Plans 20-Billion Euro National Broadband Plan 178
judgecorp writes "France is planning a €20 billion programme to get super-fast broadband to its rural population. About half the funds will come from government investment, and President Hollande believes the work will create 10,000 jobs. Half the population should have fast broadband in the next five years, and the whole country in ten years. France is at a disadvantage for broadband as it is a large country with a lot of rural areas. However, it also has a more left-leaning government willing to take on infrastructure projects."
France is a large country? (Score:5, Funny)
You call that a large country with a lot of rural areas? Now this [wikipedia.org] is a large country with a lot of rural areas!
President Holland (Score:3, Funny)
Why does the President of Holland need to get involved? Surely the responsibility for a national broadband network should fall to the President of France?
Re:France is a large country? (Score:5, Funny)
It's more like the French are doing it because Australia is doing it.
It's cute the way they appreciate and imitate our Aussie culture and style. And they almost get it right, but there's a certain je ne sais quoi they never seem to manage. I'm not sure what it is though.
In the next 5 years? (Score:4, Funny)
Make that 12.
As we learned recently, French workers work only 3 hours a day of the 7 they should.
Re:In the next 5 years? (Score:4, Funny)
This was planned by the French though, so they've already taken this into account.
Re:France is a large country? (Score:5, Funny)